"Main seekh raha hoon…"
Ye words hawa me abhi bhi goonj rahe the—
aur next second,
Anmol seedha Rehan ki taraf dash kiya।
Rehan ne move nahi kiya।
Bas dekhta raha।
Jaise wo already outcome jaanta ho।
CLASH!
Anmol ka punch full speed se aaya—
lekin—
Rehan ne sirf apni wrist se usse deflect kar diya।
Effortless।
"Slow."
Rehan ne calmly bola।
Next moment—
uska knee strike seedha Anmol ke ribs par laga।
CRACK!
Pain shoot hua।
Anmol peeche stagger hua—
lekin gira nahi।
"Difference samajh aaya?"
Rehan ki awaaz bilkul flat thi।
Anmol ne apni saans control ki।
Body scream kar rahi thi—
lekin uska dimaag…
ab aur zyada clear ho raha tha।
"Tu predict kar raha hai…"
Anmol ne dheere se kaha।
"Moves nahi…"
"Intent…"
Rehan ki aankhon me halka sa interest aaya।
"Hmm…"
"Not bad."
TING.
Echo Sense activate।
Is baar—
Anmol ne sirf incoming attack nahi dekha…
usne Rehan ka next decision feel kiya।
Right feint…
Left actual strike…
Follow-up kick…
"Got it…"
Rehan ne attack start kiya—
fast… precise… deadly।
Lekin—
is baar—
Anmol ne dodge kiya।
Perfect timing।
Ek…
Do…
Teen attacks—
sab miss।
Rehan ruk gaya।
Uski aankhon me ab clearly interest tha।
"Adapt kar raha hai…"
Anmol ne halka sa smile kiya—
"Seekh raha hoon na…"
Next moment—
Anmol ne khud attack kiya।
Is baar—
wo predictable nahi tha।
Fake step।
Pause।
Sudden acceleration।
Rehan ne block kiya—
lekin—
impact feel hua।
Ek second ka silence।
"Hmm…"
Rehan ne apna haath dekha—
jahan Anmol ka hit laga tha।
"Improved."
Baaki attackers side me khade the—
shock me।
"Ye banda… abhi evolve kar raha hai…"
Anmol heavy breathing kar raha tha—
lekin uski aankhon me ab ek naya confidence tha।
"Gap… abhi bhi hai…"
Usne andar hi andar accept kiya।
"Lekin…"
"Close ho raha hai…"
Rehan ne dheere se apni hoodie utari।
Ab uska face clear tha।
Calm…
cold…
aur dangerously focused।
"Ab serious hote hain…"
Next second—
wo vanish ho gaya।
Echo Sense scream kar raha tha—
Multiple signals
High speed
Overlapping intent
"Too fast…!"
Anmol react karne ki koshish karta hai—
lekin—
THUD!
Punch—
phir—
BAM!
Kick—
phir—
CRASH!
Elbow—
Anmol ground par slide karta hua gaya।
Body almost give up kar rahi thi।
"Yahi difference hai…"
Rehan dheere dheere uski taraf aaya।
"Talent… aur experience ka।"
Anmol ne zameen se upar dekha।
Saans heavy।
Body trembling।
Ek second ke liye…
sab kuch slow ho gaya।
Phir—
usne apni aankhen band ki।
"Echo Sense…"
"Noise zyada hai…"
"Filter kar…"
Silence।
Phir—
sirf ek cheez bachi—
Rehan ka core intent।
Clear।
Sharp।
Anmol ne aankhen kholi।
Is baar—
sab slow lag raha tha।
Rehan attack karta hai—
Anmol move karta hai—
Perfect sync।
WHOOSH!
Attack miss।
Rehan ki aankhen widen huiं—
"..."
Anmol seedha uske saamne khada tha।
Aur dheere se bola—
"Ab… equal ground par hain…"
Rehan ke lips par ek dangerous smile aayi—
"Good…"
"Ab game interesting hoga…"
Aur dono ek saath move kiye—
CLASH!!!
"Ab… equal ground par hain…"
Agle hi second—dono ek saath takra gaye।
Force itni strong thi ki aas-paas ki hawa hil gayi।
Ye fight decide karegi—hunter kaun hai… aur shikaar kaun।
Agar tum dekhna chahte ho kaun jeetega…
toh apna support dikhao—Power Stones drop karo
Jitna zyada support milega…
utni jaldi next deadly chapter aayega